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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 141
5	5	Recognizing the 204th anniversary of the independence of Greece and
6	6	celebrating democracy in Greece and the United States.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	MARCH26, 2025
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	OOKER(for himself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. RICKETTS,
11	11	Mr. S
12	12	CHUMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. COONS, Mr.
13	13	K
14	14	AINE, Mr. JUSTICE, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. JOHNSON,
15	15	Ms. D
16	16	UCKWORTH, Mr. REED, Mr. BENNET, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. SCOTTof
17	17	Florida, and Mrs. S
18	18	HAHEEN) submitted the following resolution; which
19	19	was considered and agreed to
20	20	RESOLUTION
21	21	Recognizing the 204th anniversary of the independence of
22	22	Greece and celebrating democracy in Greece and the
23	23	United States.
24	24	Whereas the people of ancient Greece developed the concept
25	25	of democracy, in which the supreme power to govern was
26	26	vested in the people;
27	27	Whereas the founding fathers of the United States, many of
28	28	whom read Greek political philosophy in the original
29	29	Greek language, drew heavily on the political experience
30	30	and philosophy of ancient Greece in forming the rep-
31	31	resentative democracy of the United States;
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34	34	•SRES 141 ATS
35	35	Whereas Petros Mavromichalis, the former Commander-in-
36	36	Chief of Greece and a founder of the modern Greek state,
37	37	said to the citizens of the United States in 1821, ‘‘It is
38	38	in your land that liberty has fixed her abode and . . .
39	39	imitating you, we shall imitate our ancestors and be
40	40	thought worthy of them if we succeed in resembling
41	41	you.’’;
42	42	Whereas, in an October 21, 1823, letter to Greek scholar
43	43	Adamantios Koraes discussing the ongoing Greek strug-
44	44	gle for independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote that ‘‘[n]o
45	45	people sympathise more feelingly than ours with the
46	46	sufferings of your countrymen, none offer more sincere
47	47	and ardent prayers to heaven for their success’’;
48	48	Whereas, on January 19, 1824, in a speech in support of his
49	49	resolution to send an American envoy to Greece amid its
50	50	struggle for independence, then-Congressman Daniel
51	51	Webster recognized ‘‘the struggle of an interesting and
52	52	gallant people . . . contending against fearful odds, for
53	53	being, and for the common privilege of human nature’’;
54	54	Whereas individual American Philhellenes, including future
55	55	abolitionists Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe and Jonathan
56	56	Peckham Miller, and George Jarvis, traveled to Greece to
57	57	fight alongside and provide aid to the Greek people in
58	58	their struggle for independence;
59	59	Whereas the people of the United States generously sent hu-
60	60	manitarian assistance to the people of Greece during
61	61	their struggle for independence, often through philhellene
62	62	committees;
63	63	Whereas Greece heroically resisted Axis forces at a crucial
64	64	moment in World War II, forcing Adolf Hitler to change
65	65	his timeline and delaying the attack on the Soviet Union;
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68	68	•SRES 141 ATS
69	69	Whereas Winston Churchill said that ‘‘if there had not been
70	70	the virtue and courage of the Greeks, we do not know
71	71	which the outcome of World War II would have been’’
72	72	and ‘‘no longer will we say that Greeks fight like heroes,
73	73	but that heroes fight like Greeks’’;
74	74	Whereas hundreds of thousands of Greeks were killed during
75	75	World War II;
76	76	Whereas Greece consistently allied with the United States in
77	77	major international conflicts throughout its history as a
78	78	modern state and has been a member of the North Atlan-
79	79	tic Treaty Organization since 1952;
80	80	Whereas the United States has demonstrated its support for
81	81	the trilateral partnership of Greece, Israel, and Cyprus
82	82	by enacting into law the Eastern Mediterranean Security
83	83	and Energy Partnership Act of 2019 (title II of division
84	84	J of Public Law 116–94) and through joint engagement
85	85	with Greece, Israel, and Cyprus in the ‘‘3+1’’ format;
86	86	Whereas this support was bolstered in the United States-
87	87	Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act
88	88	of 2021 (subtitle B of title XIII of Public Law 117–81),
89	89	establishing a 3+1 Interparliamentary Group to discuss
90	90	the expansion of cooperation in areas of common concern;
91	91	Whereas the United States maintains close bilateral coopera-
92	92	tion with Greece on security, energy, and other shared
93	93	priorities, including the commitment to security coopera-
94	94	tion that led to the conclusion of a Mutual Defense Co-
95	95	operation Agreement, which was updated in 2019 and
96	96	2021, in order to enhance defense ties between the two
97	97	countries and promote stability in the broader region;
98	98	Whereas the ongoing United States-Greece Strategic Dia-
99	99	logue reflects Greece’s importance to the United States
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102	102	•SRES 141 ATS
103	103	as a geostrategic partner, especially in the Eastern Medi-
104	104	terranean and Balkans, and as an important NATO ally;
105	105	Whereas, on November 13, 2023, the United States and
106	106	Greece signed a memorandum of understanding to ad-
107	107	vance energy security and cooperation in the Western
108	108	Balkans;
109	109	Whereas regular high-level engagement between the Govern-
110	110	ments of the United States and Greece continued
111	111	through 2024 and into 2025, during which both govern-
112	112	ments reaffirmed the strategic importance of the United
113	113	States-Greece relationship and pledged to continue and
114	114	increase cooperation based on shared values and inter-
115	115	ests;
116	116	Whereas, in the framework of the fifth United States-Greece
117	117	Strategic Dialogue, on February 9, 2024, Greece became
118	118	the 35th country to sign onto the Artemis Accords, af-
119	119	firming its commitment to a peaceful, sustainable, and
120	120	transparent cooperation in space;
121	121	Whereas the Government and people of Greece actively par-
122	122	ticipate in peacekeeping and peace-building operations
123	123	conducted by international organizations, including the
124	124	United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
125	125	the European Union, and the Organization for Security
126	126	and Co-operation in Europe;
127	127	Whereas Greece has shown a strong commitment to meeting
128	128	NATO defense spending obligations, recognizing the need
129	129	for a more robust European pillar within NATO;
130	130	Whereas Greece remains an integral part of the European
131	131	Union and a current non-permanent member of the
132	132	United Nations Security Council;
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135	135	•SRES 141 ATS
136	136	Whereas the Greek-American community has greatly contrib-
137	137	uted to American society and has helped forge the strong
138	138	ties between the United States and Greece;
139	139	Whereas the Governments and people of Greece and the
140	140	United States are at the forefront of efforts to advance
141	141	freedom, democracy, peace, stability, and human rights;
142	142	Whereas those efforts and similar ideals have forged a close
143	143	bond between the peoples of Greece and the United
144	144	States; and
145	145	Whereas it is proper and desirable for the United States to
146	146	celebrate March 25, 2025, Greek Independence Day, with
147	147	the people of Greece and to reaffirm the democratic prin-
148	148	ciples from which those two great countries were founded:
149	149	Now, therefore, be it
150	150	Resolved, That the Senate— 1
151	151	(1) extends sincere congratulations and best 2
152	152	wishes to the people of Greece as they celebrate the 3
153	153	204th anniversary of the independence of Greece; 4
154	154	(2) expresses support for the principles of 5
155	155	democratic governance to which the people of Greece 6
156	156	are committed; 7
157	157	(3) commends the Greek-American community 8
158	158	for its contributions to the United States and its 9
159	159	role as a bridge between the two countries; 10
160	160	(4) notes the important role that Greece has 11
161	161	played in the wider European region and in the com-12
162	162	munity of nations since gaining its independence 13
163	163	204 years ago; 14
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166	166	•SRES 141 ATS
167	167	(5) appreciates the ever-stronger bilateral rela-1
168	168	tionship, based on shared values and interests, in-2
169	169	cluding the important energy and security partner-3
170	170	ship that exists between the United States and 4
171	171	Greece, and the important role that Greece plays in 5
172	172	bolstering European energy security; and 6
173	173	(6) appreciates Greece as a valued NATO ally 7
174	174	and its critical role in ensuring regional stability. 8
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